There is something special about living in rural and remote communities. The wide-open spaces and red dirt. Or acres of lush green forest. Millions of stars dotting the sky at night will take your breath away. But it’s more than just the landscape. The people are pretty special too. And our purpose is to look after them and keep them healthy.
When Dr Waseem Gazale received an Ear Loupe and Suction Pack at Chinchilla Medical Practice, it wasn’t just new equipment—it was a new way to care for his community.
Learn how a simple tool is helping rural patients avoid long travel and receive the care they need, right where they live.
Care made possible with a CS Energy sponsorship enabling not only Chinchilla to have access to this technology, but also the communities or Biloela, Dalby, Moura and Tara.
Our Deputy Chair, Sue Harrison was announced as the Peter Graham ‘Cohuna’ Award recipient at the Rural Medicine Australia (RMA25) Conference Dinner. The Award is the highest conferred by the Australian College of Rural and Remote Medicine (ACRRM) and Rural Doctors Association of Australia (RDAA).
“The impact Sue has had in her own community, in the rural health sector and in supporting, teaching and training future rural doctors, has been enormous. She is an advocate for female doctors and this award is a recognition of her contribution and impact.
The award is named in recognition of Dr Peter Graham, a Rural Generalist doctor who served the Victorian community of Cohuna for nearly 50 years and was a passionate advocate for equity in health access for rural Australians.
Our new Director, Dr Jean Littlewood has received the Rural Doctors Association of Australia’s (RDAA) Rural Doctor in Training of the Year Award 2025, in recognition of her significant work in rural health advocacy and ensuring that junior doctors have the best opportunity to pursue a rural career. Jean has served on the management committee of the Rural Doctors
Association of NSW (RDANSW) from 2020 to 2023, as a Registrar Liaison
Officer with ACRRM. Jean is part of the Western NSW Local Health District
Future Health Leaders Advisory Group, and is now serving on the Board of Rural
Doctors Foundation.
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The communities we serve are not all the same. Each has varied health needs, and the people and their doctors know what those needs are. We exist to work with rural and remote communities and support them to stay safe and healthy.
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